Wattle
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Wattle or wattles may refer to:
Plants
- Acacia sensu lato, polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia and South Africa
- Acacia, large genus of shrubs and trees, native to Australasia
- Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia
- Golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha, species of acacia which is the official floral emblem of Australia
- Sunshine wattle, Acacia terminalis, species of acacia which grows in southeastern Australia
- Callicoma, also known as black wattle, although unrelated to the acacia species
Other uses
- Steam Tug Wattle, vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia
- Wallace Wattles (1860–1911), American New Thought writer, author
- Wattle (anatomy), fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals.
- Wattle (construction), woven strips of wood forming panels used for fencing or for walling
- Wattle and daub, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
- Wattle (dermatology), another term for congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck
- Wattle, official name assigned to the star WASP-19
See also
- Croatian wattle, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
- Waddle (disambiguation)
- Wattle bagworm, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
- Wattle Day, Australian celebration of the first day of spring
- Wattlebird, member of the honeyeater family, native to Australia
- Wattle-eye, family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa